municipal bond ETFs

The Federal Reserve could raise interest rates for the first time in 2016 next month, but one rate hike probably will not be enough to deter yield-seeking investors and some of their favored destinations, such as municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The combination of interest rates remaining...

Oil prices are on the mend this year, but the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) would need to more than triple to sniff its 2014 highs. USO, which tracks front-month West Texas Intermediate futures, would need to nearly quadruple to come within striking distance of its 2012 highs. Heading...

Among the fixed income exchange-traded funds that find themselves in the sweet spot thanks to the Federal Reserve consistently passing on another interest rate hike are municipal bond funds, particularly those of the longer-dated variety. Although there has been some chatter regarding the impact of...

Although the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost decade last month and plenty of pundits believe multiple rate hikes are on the way this year, some investors are finding comfort in municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The question savvy investors need to be...

Longer-term municipal bonds with maturities of around 15 years to 25 years looked very attractive at the beginning of the year as they yielded the same or more than comparable taxable bonds. That's rare. Normally tax-free bonds yield less than comparable taxable bonds in nominal terms,...